DENVER (CBS4) – Former Gov. Mitt Romney continued his campaign push in Colorado remotely on Thursday, granting satellite interviews with four local reporters, including CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd.
Romney was in New Mexico Thurday and released his energy policy that he says will get America to energy independence in eight years.
Romney does not support wind tax subsidies, and the refusal so far by Congress to extend those subsidies has lead wind energy company Vestas to announce another round of layoffs, some in Colorado.
“It’s about leveling the playing field,” Romney said. “We’re also going to look to revamp our corporate tax system. A lot of the loopholes and special deals will have to be eliminated to make sure we can bring down our tax rate.”
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“I want to encourage energy independence. My goal is to get North America energy independent by 2020, and I think we should do that.”
Boyd also asked Romney about the female vote in Colorado, which is larger than any other voting bloc. He said women are concerned about the same thing his campaign is — jobs, health care and education.
“Women are concerned about education, and for all the talk that the president made about improving our schools, we still have schools that perform well in the bottom quarter or bottom third of the entire nation. That’s just unacceptable.”
Romney told Boyd prior to the start of the interview he would not be fielding questions about Republican Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin and the firestorm he created over comments about abortion.
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